NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2019

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sections of the Constitution and legislature in terms of sections 100, 139 and so on.

So, the proposal in a nutshell is that the NCOP must not necessarily have to spend as much time on section 75 matters as it does on section 76 matters. Section 76 consists of issues that we created the NCOP to focus on. We should make sure we have highly skilled people in that House who can assist us in being more seized, on an ongoing basis, on issues that face provinces and municipal communities. This means that in this term we have had the opportunity to take another look at our democracy.

Hon members, this is not a day for very serious speeches, but being a person who hardly speaks in this House, precisely because I am the Speaker, you will allow me to say what I need to say. We have, of course, prepared the Fifth Parliamentary Legacy report which we will hand over to the sixth Parliament.